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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 06/03/2007 : 01:50:30
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O.K., various people aren't happy with this or that accolade kicking around, so how about we post here accolades that we really do like? This can be on any basis you like - set of films most fun to write reviews for/most interestingly combined or whatever.
For example, since I don't pursue accolades, I am interested in them as sets of films, and I've heard about many intriguing films that way. The accolade that always most sticks in my mind is therefore this one. There's just something about the deadpan description of the series that always tickles me. In fact, I think I'll add the first film to my Love Film list right now... |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 06/03/2007 01:54:29 |
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 03:24:10
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| Thanks for the prod Salopian. My pending pile now has panda references. |
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MM0rkeleb 
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 05:01:40
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| I really like the idea behind bife's Oracle Road, though it's sadly out of date. |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 07:06:06
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Originally posted by M0rkeleb
I really like the idea behind bife's Oracle Road, though it's sadly out of date.
 I'll get to it soon, I promise
I created that accolade "way back when", I think there were only 7 or 8 Oracles at the time, and I only had a couple of hundred reviews myself.
Problem is, it is getting too large to serve as an attainable target for anyone other than Randall or AC.
Maybe I should break it down into sections, although then it will take more mantenance. |
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Rovark
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 11:34:09
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This is one of my favorites. Unfortunately a new film has just been added so it's fallen out of my accolade cabinet.
Boobie Prize
I like it for no other reason than having the trophy. When I browse over my accolade cabinet, it makes me smile. 
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 12:34:32
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Originally posted by Rovark
This is one of my favorites. Unfortunately a new film has just been added so it's fallen out of my accolade cabinet.
Boobie Prize
I like it for no other reason than having the trophy. When I browse over my accolade cabinet, it makes me smile.
Amazing what they can do with water baloons these days, isn't it?
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 00:25:15
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This accolade was the most fun one to do. Was during the pre MERP days and got down to sneaky emails to benj and other users that held the trophy.
Some reviews were even deleted to get hold of the trophy.
Bife was very clever in his ways, but I got it in the end thanks to some help from "The Artist Formerly Known As W.S." 
With the random ways reviews are MERPed these days, I don't know if it would be possible to do another. |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 05:30:25
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
This accolade was the most fun one to do. Was during the pre MERP days and got down to sneaky emails to benj and other users that held the trophy.
Some reviews were even deleted to get hold of the trophy.
Bife was very clever in his ways, but I got it in the end thanks to some help from "The Artist Formerly Known As W.S."
With the random ways reviews are MERPed these days, I don't know if it would be possible to do another.
Foxy took me by surprise with his sneaky and underhanded attempts at collusion and conspiracy, but I thought I had finally outflanked him with a tactical review deletion which took even my breath away with its audacious brilliance (ok, it took only my breath away, everyone else was just mystified that I would give up a review to beat foxy in a race). Wasn't to be though, my powers of corrption just weren't in foxy's league, and having been prematurely declared by joss as the winner, I lost the race on a recount.
I agree with foxy, this was the most fun to be had with an accolade, it was an incredibly original concept that Joss created and the competition was fierce and dirty, but friendly.
This was in pre-MERP, pre-extended-pending-period days, and I don't think the concept could work again today  |
Edited by - bife on 06/19/2007 05:32:00 |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 07:59:03
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
With the random ways reviews are MERPed these days, I don't know if it would be possible to do another.
Yep, I tried to recreate something similar last year, but it was just too difficult to keep track of and I had to abandon the idea. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 08:24:48
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Maybe I've woken up particularly grumpy this morning,    but I'm disappointed to detect in this thread a whiff of disdain concerning people who create and/or chase which don't cater to the, shall we say, to the more competitive nature of some other achievers.
It's been noted elsewhere [not by me, though I agree] that the very concept of accolades has a wide appeal both for those who create them and those who chase them. In other words the fact of accolades is neutral; why do I sense that some of you feel there's some kind of hierarchy inherent in how they're approached. To paraphrase: all accolades are equal but some are more equal than others.
My own particular journey has progressed from someone who didn't really understand what accs were for  , to someone who loves creating them, challenging myself to come up with interesting groupings of films which might otherwise never be considered together, and having fun creating adorable trophies. I also like seeing my trophy cabinet filling up, but I'll confess it's as much for aesthetic reasons as that satisfaction of achievement.
If benj had nothing but time, I'd love to see a function to order the trophies chronologically to cope with the frustration of trying to identify which accolades I've lost because its creator or auto/add has added another film. But I recognize that's a complex programming feat and, let's face it, there are more pressing matters for Our Master to tackle.
I've never considered accolades as some way of 'tricking' other people, and - certainly this grumpy morning - I'm a bit shocked and a bit annoyed that anyone would do that.
On a happier note, it looks as though the sun may shine today, so I expect to be less grumpy as the day wears on. And I love you all, really.  
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 12:40:16
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Baffy, I can assure you that Joss's accolade was 100% fun. Nothing more, nothing less. I can't understand why you'd think there could have been anything wrong with it at all. It was an excellent and original idea, that's now redundant post MERPing. Like Salopian's Accolade Impossible has become redundant post self-movie-additions, that was also competitive and fun for those who were interested. They were both moving-goalpost accolades.
Think of it as a bunch of good mates playing poker while slugging a bottle of whisky. At the end of the night there's a winner and a loser but nobody really cares. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 12:44:21
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Wow, Bafta, you did wake up grumpy. This is a positive thread - talking about accolades we like the best.
The first one I enjoyed doing was someone else's Katharine Hepburn accolade. When it didn't update as I added more of her films, I made my own. I also enjoyed both creating and achieving the one with all the Tracey-Hepburn movies.
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 13:40:31
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Hey bb - I think you got the wrong end of the stick. Both foxy and I (in my day) have been avid accolade chasers of all creeds and I have created 65 accolades myself. Neither of us has any 'whiff of disdain' for accolades, their creaters or their chasers. We have been part of the circle for a long time!
Joss's accolade simply stood out as something different, and in response to salopian's "what is your favourite accolade?" question the memories that accolade brings back certainly puts it towards the top of my list. I 'spoke' briefly to foxy earlier on MSN, we both agreed it was a 'blast from the past'.
No disrespect meant to any other accolades - only that that one was special for us.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 14:29:41
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Originally posted by Se�n
Like Salopian's Accolade Impossible has become redundant post self-movie-additions, that was also competitive and fun for those who were interested.
Yes, it's a shame about that one. It's not technically redundant in that it still has about the same number of films in it as it ever did, i.e. is as achievable apart from the weekly cap being in place - understandably, no one is going to use up their allowance reviewing random films. However, my motivation for creating it was indeed to eliminate unreviewed films, and I felt very pleased to have caused this to happen several times (after there were initially a couple of hundred). Self-addition has meant that there is no hope of ever achieving that again, which is a shame. I therefore myself only add films which really ought to be on the site (i.e. are very likely to get reviewed anyway) or are for accolades. To be fair, though, I think this is true for most people's additions. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/19/2007 : 14:39:12
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Maybe I've woken up particularly grumpy this morning, but I'm disappointed to detect in this thread a whiff of disdain concerning people who create and/or chase which don't cater to the, shall we say, to the more competitive nature of some other achievers
Bafta, I hope you're feeling happier about this having read other people's comments. I didn't mean this thread to be anything other than positive about accolades, and I don't think it has.
It's true that in other threads some people have been quite critical of certain styles of accolade. I myself am not particularly interested in most revolving around certain words. However, some of my own are equivalent to this (though with words relating to me), so I am keen to defend their right to existence. After all, even the plainest of reviews have a right to existence (if they pass muster, of course), and they actually get in the way of reading other reviews, unlike accolades for most films. Anyway, I didn't mean to get into all of that again - I just wanted people who were unhappy with some accolades to be able to talk about ones they liked. There are some accolade fans whom I expected would post here but mysteriously haven't.
So back to enjoyment - Bafta, your accolades often cover films and stars that I have never heard of, so I find it very interesting when you post about them in the Fourum. |
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